The War Question in Europe (Marx & Engels) 3 Declaration of the Prussian Cabinet. - Napoleon's Plans.-Prussia's Policy (Marx) 8 Debates in Parliament (Marx) 11 Parliamentary Debates of February 22.-Pozzo di Borgo's Dispatch.-The Policy of the Western Powers (Marx) 26 English and French War Plans.-Greek Insurrection.- Spain.-China (Marx) 35 Austrian Bankruptcy (Marx) 43 Opening of the Labour Parliament.-English War Budget (Marx) 50 Letter to the Labour Parliament (People's Paper - Marx) 57 The Labour Parliament (Marx) 61 Retreat of the Russians from Kalafat (Engels) 65 The Greek Insurrection (Marx) 70 The Documents on the Partition of Turkey (Marx) 73 The Secret Diplomatic Correspondence (Marx) 84 Declaration of War.-On the History of the Eastern Question (Marx) 100 The Fortress of Kronstadt (Engels) 109 British Finances.-The Troubles at Preston (Marx) 117 The Russian Army (Engels) 123 The European War (Marx & Engels) 129 The War Debate in Parliament (Marx) 132 Russia and the German Powers.-Corn Prices (Marx) 143 Position of the Armies in Turkey (Engels) 150 Reshid Pasha's Note.-An Italian Newspaper on the Eastern Question (Marx) 154 Greece and Turkey.-Turkey and tile Western Powers.-Falling Off in Wheat Sales in England (Marx) 159 The Turkish War (Engels) 163 The Greek Insurrection.-The Polish Emigration.-The Austro-Prussian Treaty.-Russian Documents (Marx) 166 The Bombardment of Odessa.-Greece.-Proclamation of Prince Daniel of Montenegro.-Manteuffel's Speech (Marx) 173 News from the European Contest (Engels) 181 British Finances (Marx) 184 A Famous Victory (Engels) 192 Attack Upon Sevastopol.-Clearing of Estates in Scotland (Marx) 196 The War (Engels) 201 The Present Condition of the English Army-Tactics, Uniform, Commissariat, &c (Engels) 208 The Treaty Between Austria and Prussia.-Parliamentary Debates of May 29 (Marx) 215 The Formiation of a Special Ministry of War in Britain.-The War on the Danube.-The Economic Situation (Marx) 220 Reorganisation of the British War Administration.-The Austin Summons.-Britain's Economic Situation.-St. Arnatid (Marx) 227 The Siege of Silistria (Engels) 234 State of the Russian War (Marx & Engels) 246 The Russian Retreat (Marx & Engels) 253 The War.-Debate in Parliament (Marx) 258 The Insurrection at Madrid.-The Austro-Turkish Treaty.-Moldavia and Wallachia (Marx) 267 The War on the Danube (Engels) 276 The Details of the Insurrection at Madrid.-The Austro-Prussian Summons.-The New Austrian Loan.-Wallachia (Marx) 232 Excitement in Italy.-The Events in Spain.-The Position of the German States.-British Magistrates (Marx) 291 A Congress at Vienna.-The Austrian Loan.- Proclamations of Duke and O'Donnell.-The Ministerial Crisis in Britain (Marx) 301 The Spanish Revolution.-Greece and Turkey (Marx) 309 The War Debates in Parliament (Marx) 316 The Policy of Austria.-The War Debates in the House of Commons (Marx) 323 That Bore of a War (Marx & Engels) 334 Espartero (Marx) 340 The Attack on the Russian Forts (Engels) 347 Evacuation of the Danubian Principalities.-The Events in Spain.-A New Danish Constitution.-The Chartists (Marx) 350 Evacuation of Moldavia and Wallachia.-Poland. Demands of the Spanish People (Marx) 357 The Eastern Question.-The Revolution in Spain.-The Madrid Press (Marx) 364 Revolution in Spain.-Bomarsund (Marx) 372 The Capture of Bomarsund (Article I) (Engels) 379 The Capture of Bomarsund (Article II) (Engels) 384 Revolutionary Spain (Marx) 389

I 391

II 400

III 407

IV 413

V 419

VI 424

VII 434

VIII 440 The Reaction in Spain (Marx) 447 The Rumours about Mazzini's Arrest.-The Austrian Compulsory Loan.-Spain.-The Situation in Wallachia (Marx) 455 The Actions of the Allied Fleet.-The Situation in the Danubian Principalities.-Spain.-British Foreign Trade (Marx) 461 The Attack on Sevastopol (Engels) 470 The News from the Crimea (Engels) 477 The Sevastopol Hoax (Marx & Engels) 483 The Sevastopol Hoax.-General News (Marx & Engels) 488 The Battle of the Alma (Engels) 492 The Military Power of Russia (Engels) 498 The Siege of Sevastopol (Engels) 505 The Campaign in the Crimea (Engels) 511 The War in the East (Engels) 518 The Battle of Inkerman (Engels) 528 The Crimean Campaign (Engels) 536 Progress of the War (Marx & Engels) 543 The Military Power of Austria (Engels) 550 In Retrospect (Marx) 554 The Press and the Military System (Marx) 560 British Disaster in the Crimea (Engels) 564 The Crisis in Trade and Industry (Marx) 571 The Four Points (Marx) 579 The Commercial Crisis in Britain (Marx) 585 Sunday Observance and the Publicans.-Clanricarde (Marx) 590 Critical Observations on the Siege of Sevastopol (Engels) 593 The Crimean Campaign (Engels) 596 The Aims of the Negotiations.-Polemic Against Prussia.-A Snoz ball Riot (Marx) 598 The Opening of Parliament (Marx) 600 Comments on the Cabinet Crisis (Marx) 603 Parliamentary News (Marx) 605 The European War (Engels) 619 From Parliament.-From the Theatre of War (Marx & Engels) 615 The Late British Government (Marx & Engels) 620 On the Ministerial Crisis (Marx) 627 Fall of the Aberdeen Ministry (Marx) 631 The Defeated Government (Marx) 638 The Parties and Cliques (Marx) 642 Two Crises (Marx) 645

From The Preparatory Materials A Central Junta (Marx) 651 Unpublished Extract from a Series of Articles "Revolutionary Spain" (Marx) 654

Illustrations Part of the page from The People's Paper of March 18, 1854 with Marx's letter to the Labour Parliament 59 Plan of Kronstadt drawn by Engels while writing the article "The Fortress of Kronstadt" 111 Position of troops during the siege of Silistria and the battle of Inkerman (sketch) 235 Title page of one of Marx's notebooks containing excerpts on the history of Spain 397 Ernest Jones letter of September 8, 1854 to Marx asking him to write a leader for The People's Paper. The address is in Marx's handwriting 453 A page from Engels' preparatory material for the article "The Military Power of Russia" 499 Engels' rough draft of the article "The War in the East" with a sketch of the battle 519 Crimean theatre of war, 1854 (map) 529 Crimean War, 1853-56. Danubian, Crimean, Caucasian Theatres of War (map) 545-47 Original of unpublished extract from Marx's Revolutionary Spain 655